Where does “poésie” come from?

poésie (Middle French) comes from Old French poesie, from Latin poēsis, from Ancient Greek ποίησις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

poésie (Middle French): poetry

Definitions

poetry

Ancestry of “poésie”, step by step

poésie traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French poesie

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	poesie	—
2	Latin	poēsis	poetry
3	Ancient Greek	ποίησις	poetry, poem; a creation, fabrication, production
4	Ancient Greek	-σῐς	"suffix forming nouns"
5	Ancient Greek	-τις	retained after dentals
6	Proto-Indo-European	-tis	Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

via Latin poēsia

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	poēsia	—

via Late Latin poesia

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Late Latin	poesia	—

Words derived from “poésie”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →Every word from Ancient Greek -σῐς →Every word from Ancient Greek ποίησις →